qart

/qart/ · plural qartla

1. (adj.) old, aged, elderly — Used of people, animals and plants. Before another noun it can also mean of old age: qart awruwla 'diseases of old age'.

qart adamla — old people
qart qatın — an old woman
qart terek — an old tree
qart qoy — an old sheep
atam endi bek qartdı — my father is very old now
qart adamnı namısın etigiz — show respect to an old person

2. (n.) old man, elder — In the plural, qartla can also mean one's parents: üyde qartla ne etedile 'how are your parents at home?'

bek qart — a very old man
kelbetli qart — a handsome old man
qartla uşaq etedile — the old men are talking
nığışda eki qart olturadıla — two old men are sitting on the village bench
biz qartlağa hurmet etebiz — we respect the elders
üyde qartla ne etedile — how are the parents doing at home

3. (n.) father, grandfather, respectful address to an old man — A respectful way of addressing an older man you are speaking to; it is not the ordinary kinship word for your own father or grandfather.

qart, şkol qalaydadı? — father, where is the school?
qart, sen qaydan kelese? — father, where are you coming from?
qart, men senŋe boluşayım — father, let me help you
qart, bizge eski hapar ayt — father, tell us an old story

Expressions

qart da, jaş da — everyone, young and old (Idiom)
qartha tartırğa — grow old (Idiom)
zamansız qart bolurğa — age prematurely (Collocation)
jaş başın qart eterge — stay unmarried; not remarry (Idiom)

As an adjective

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — qart
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	qartmaI am old	qartsayou are old	qartdıhe is old	qartbızwe are old	qartsızyou all are old	qartdılathey are old
comparative — more	qartıraqmaI am older	qartıraqsayou are older	qartıraqdıhe is older	qartıraqbızwe are older	qartıraqsızyou all are older	qartıraqdılathey are older
intensifier — very	bek qartmaI am very old	bek qartsayou are very old	bek qartdıhe is very old	bek qartbızwe are very old	bek qartsızyou all are very old	bek qartdılathey are very old
superlative — most	em qartmaI am the oldest	em qartsayou are the oldest	em qartdıhe is the oldest	em qartbızwe are the oldest	em qartsızyou all are the oldest	em qartdılathey are the oldest

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden qartdı — "compared to me, he is old."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — qart
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki qartdımine is old	seniki qartdıyours is old	anıqı qartdıhis is old	bizniki qartdıours is old	sizniki qartdıyours (pl.) is old	alanıqı qartdıtheirs is old
comparative — more	meniki qartıraqdımine is older	seniki qartıraqdıyours is older	anıqı qartıraqdıhis is older	bizniki qartıraqdıours is older	sizniki qartıraqdıyours (pl.) is older	alanıqı qartıraqdıtheirs is older
intensifier — very	meniki bek qartdımine is very old	seniki bek qartdıyours is very old	anıqı bek qartdıhis is very old	bizniki bek qartdıours is very old	sizniki bek qartdıyours (pl.) is very old	alanıqı bek qartdıtheirs is very old
superlative — most	meniki em qartdımine is the oldest	seniki em qartdıyours is the oldest	anıqı em qartdıhis is the oldest	bizniki em qartdıours is the oldest	sizniki em qartdıyours (pl.) is the oldest	alanıqı em qartdıtheirs is the oldest

Several things

Several things — qart
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile qartdılamine are old	senikile qartdılayours are old	anıqıla qartdılahis are old	biznikile qartdılaours are old	siznikile qartdılayours (pl.) are old	alanıqıla qartdılatheirs are old
comparative — more	menikile qartıraqdılamine are older	senikile qartıraqdılayours are older	anıqıla qartıraqdılahis are older	biznikile qartıraqdılaours are older	siznikile qartıraqdılayours (pl.) are older	alanıqıla qartıraqdılatheirs are older
intensifier — very	menikile bek qartdılamine are very old	senikile bek qartdılayours are very old	anıqıla bek qartdılahis are very old	biznikile bek qartdılaours are very old	siznikile bek qartdılayours (pl.) are very old	alanıqıla bek qartdılatheirs are very old
superlative — most	menikile em qartdılamine are the oldest	senikile em qartdılayours are the oldest	anıqıla em qartdılahis are the oldest	biznikile em qartdılaours are the oldest	siznikile em qartdılayours (pl.) are the oldest	alanıqıla em qartdılatheirs are the oldest

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu qartdı, bıla qartdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".

As a noun

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of qart, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	qartthe old man	qartımmy old man	qartıŋyour old man	qartıhis old man	qartıbızour old man	qartığızyou all's old man	qartlarıtheir old men
Genitive	qartnıthe old man's	qartımımy old man's	qartıŋıyour old man's	qartınıhis old man's	qartıbıznıour old man's	qartığıznıyou all's old man's	qartlarınıtheir old men's
Accusative	qartnıthe old man (as the object)	qartımımy old man (as the object)	qartıŋıyour old man (as the object)	qartınhis old man (as the object)	qartıbıznıour old man (as the object)	qartığıznıyou all's old man (as the object)	qartlarıntheir old men (as the object)
Dative	qarthato the old man	qartımato my old man	qartıŋato your old man	qartınato his old man	qartıbızğato our old man	qartığızğato you all's old man	qartlarınato their old men
Locative	qartdain / at the old man	qartımdain / at my old man	qartıŋdain / at your old man	qartındain / at his old man	qartıbızdain / at our old man	qartığızdain / at you all's old man	qartlarındain / at their old men
Ablative	qartdanfrom the old man	qartımdanfrom my old man	qartıŋdanfrom your old man	qartındanfrom his old man	qartıbızdanfrom our old man	qartığızdanfrom you all's old man	qartlarındanfrom their old men

Plural

Plural — cases of qart, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	qartlathe old men	qartlarımmy old men	qartlarıŋyour old men	qartlarıhis old men	qartlarıbızour old men	qartlarığızyou all's old men	qartlarıtheir old men
Genitive	qartlanıthe old men's	qartlarımımy old men's	qartlarıŋıyour old men's	qartlarınıhis old men's	qartlarıbıznıour old men's	qartlarığıznıyou all's old men's	qartlarınıtheir old men's
Accusative	qartlanıthe old men (as the object)	qartlarımımy old men (as the object)	qartlarıŋıyour old men (as the object)	qartlarınhis old men (as the object)	qartlarıbıznıour old men (as the object)	qartlarığıznıyou all's old men (as the object)	qartlarıntheir old men (as the object)
Dative	qartlağato the old men	qartlarımato my old men	qartlarıŋato your old men	qartlarınato his old men	qartlarıbızğato our old men	qartlarığızğato you all's old men	qartlarınato their old men
Locative	qartladain / at the old men	qartlarımdain / at my old men	qartlarıŋdain / at your old men	qartlarındain / at his old men	qartlarıbızdain / at our old men	qartlarığızdain / at you all's old men	qartlarındain / at their old men
Ablative	qartladanfrom the old men	qartlarımdanfrom my old men	qartlarıŋdanfrom your old men	qartlarındanfrom his old men	qartlarıbızdanfrom our old men	qartlarığızdanfrom you all's old men	qartlarındanfrom their old men

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: qartları can mean "his / her old men", "their old man", or "their old men" — context decides.

Whose it is

Belonging to qart — the old man's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	qartnıqıthe old man's one	qartnıqılathe old man's ones	qartlanıqıthe old men's one	qartlanıqılathe old men's ones
Genitive	qartnıqınıof the old man's one	qartnıqılanıof the old man's ones	qartlanıqınıof the old men's one	qartlanıqılanıof the old men's ones
Accusative	qartnıqınthe old man's one (as the object)	qartnıqılanıthe old man's ones (as the object)	qartlanıqınthe old men's one (as the object)	qartlanıqılanıthe old men's ones (as the object)
Dative	qartnıqınato the old man's one	qartnıqılağato the old man's ones	qartlanıqınato the old men's one	qartlanıqılağato the old men's ones
Locative	qartnıqındain / at the old man's one	qartnıqıladain / at the old man's ones	qartlanıqındain / at the old men's one	qartlanıqıladain / at the old men's ones
Ablative	qartnıqındanfrom the old man's one	qartnıqıladanfrom the old man's ones	qartlanıqındanfrom the old men's one	qartlanıqıladanfrom the old men's ones

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.